DIRECT. Covid-19: the very slow decline continues in France, the vaccine offered to 12-15 year olds in England

The essential

• In France, 86 people have died from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

  A total of 115,603 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.

• 9,986 patients are hospitalized due to Covid-19.

  We must go back to August 30 to find a level of hospitalizations below 10,000 (9,798 patients).

  2,103 people are in critical care units.

• Almost 49.7 million French people have received at least one dose of the vaccine and nearly 46.8 people now have a full vaccination schedule.

• The administration of a 3rd dose of vaccine against Covid-19 has started for residents of nursing homes.

• A "significant number" of Janssen vaccine failures spotted in France.

  The Medicines Agency (ANSM) is carrying out further investigations.

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6:45 am.

The vaccine offered to 12-15 year olds in England.

England will offer 12-15 year olds to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as early as next week, the government announced on Monday evening, following the opinion of the chief doctors of the four nations of the United Kingdom (England , Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

The vaccination program will be carried out through schools as is already the case for other vaccines, with the consent of parents or officials, according to the Ministry of Health.

6:40 am.

"A significant number of cases of vaccine failure with the Janssen vaccine".

The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) warns, in a new pharmacovigilance investigation, on a "significant number of cases of vaccine failure" from the Johnson & Johnson laboratory, "with in particular serious forms (death, intensive care) as well as an overrepresentation of patients vaccinated by Janssen in intensive care in 2 CHUs ”, in Marseille and Tours.

6:35 am.

86 new deaths in France in the last 24 hours.

A total of 115,603 people have lost their lives since the start of the epidemic.

6.30 a.m.

Less than 10,000 hospitalized patients.

9,986 patients are hospitalized due to Covid-19.

We must go back to August 30 to find a level of hospitalizations below 10,000 (9,798 patients).

2,103 patients are in critical care units (resuscitation, continuous monitoring and intensive care).

There are 26 fewer than the day before.

6:25 am.

The Delta variant is still the majority in France.

"The current situation in France is characterized by an almost exclusive circulation" of the Delta variant, writes Public Health France in a new study concerning variants in France.

"The other variants currently detected (Alpha and Gamma mainly) remain at very low levels of prevalence", continues the agency.

6:20 am.

More than 4.6 million deaths worldwide.

The pandemic has killed at least 4,627,854 worldwide since the end of December 2019. The United States is the country with the most deaths (659,975), ahead of Brazil (586,851), India (442,874 ), Mexico (267,748) and Peru (198,764).

6:10 am.

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